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Art Supply Vendors

Art Supply Stores Near The Cooper Union

Jerry's International Palette Shop: 111 4th Ave. between 11th and 12th Streets 646.678.5474

Utrecht: 21 East 13th Street between 5th Ave. and University Pl. 212.924.4136

DaVinci Artist Supply: 137 E. 23rd St between Lexington and 3rd Ave. 212.982.8607

Blick Art 1-5 Bond Street, 212-533-2444

Others in New York City

Artist & Craftsman Supply 2108 7th Avenue Adam Clayton Powell Blvd 12.222.4700

Blick Art 536 Myrtle Ave. Brooklyn 718.789.0308

DaVinci Artist Supply 170 E70th St. 212.452.4188

Note: some of these stores will give you a student discount if you present your Cooper Union Continuing Education registration receipt.

Online Art Supply Stores

Paper and Ink Arts
1-800-736-7772

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.